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Frankly, the answer is: ass. But IB is IB so wouldn’t avoid if you have no other options.
Possible to lateral to a solid BB in a yr or unlikely?
Definitely a long shot but smaller pe shops will probably scoop you up
Damn really? Why ass?
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